Name: Rainbow's End
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Rainbow’s End

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Published in Contemporary Indigenous Plays

Set in the 1950s in the northern Victorian area of Shepparton and Mooroopna, Rainbow's End by Jane Harrison creates a "thought-provoking and emotionally powerful" (The Age) snapshot of a Koori family. "The basic story is about three generations of aboriginal women living on the flats beside the river, living in a humpy. There’s Nan Dear, her daughter Gladys and then the granddaughter, Gladys daughter, Dolly" (Jane Harrison, playwright).

The play dramatises their struggle for decent housing, meaningful education, jobs and community acceptance.

Length in minutes: 0
Cast: 4 total
Roles: 3 female identifying, 1 male identifying
Themes: history, women, people of colour
Cast age groups: 18+, 16 to 18
Audience age: adult, young adult
Publisher: Currency Press

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PRODUCTION HISTORY

ATSI GUIDELINES FOR DRAMA/THEATRE EDUCATION

DRAMA AUSTRALIA

The preparation of this document was commissioned by Drama Australia to foster access and participation in learning, taking in the broader context of Indigenous educational perspectives and redefining their relevance in the study of Contemporary Indigenou

TEACHERS' NOTES: RAINBOW'S END

RIVERSIDE PARAMATTA

PDF download (1.1MB) Teachers' Notes for 'Rainbow's End' by Jane Harrison.

REVIEW: RAINBOW'S END

JODI MCALISTER, AUSTRALIAN STAGE, 25 AUGUST 2011

"Rainbowâ€™s End is beautifully crafted, elegantly scripted and exquisitely performed. More than anything, it is an important play, a play that deals with social justice, human rights, and issues worth talking about, a play that privileges the voices of those who have been too often silenced, and this makes it theatre worth seeing."

INTERVIEW: JANE HARRISON (NOT IN PRINT PODCAST)

CURRENCY PRESS, 21 NOVEMBER 2013

Not in Print speaks to Australian playwright Jane Harrison about her play 'Rainbow's End'.

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